Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.036
NOTARIZED DOCUMENT NOT REQUIRED; REQUIREMENT OF SPECIFIC FORM PROHIBITED
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.036, NOTARIZED DOCUMENT NOT REQUIRED; REQUIREMENT OF SPECIFIC FORM PROHIBITED, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/668671
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(a) Except as provided by Section 166.032(b-1), a written directive executed under Section 166.033 or 166.035 is effective without regard to whether the document has been notarized.
(b) A physician, health care facility, or health care professional may not require that:
(1) a directive be notarized; or
(2) a person use a form provided by the physician, health care facility, or health care professional.